Bound by love for tang yuan


Ooi (third from left, back row) with Khoon Hai (third from right, back row) and committee members with the young participants at the tang yuan-making competition at the PCTH’s 20th Winter Solstice celebration. — Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star

FIVE-year-old Isaac Wee He Yi, from Singapore was clearly excited as he shaped little balls from colourful dough at the Penang Chinese Town Hall’s (PCTH) 20th Winter Solstice Festival celebration.

He was among the youngest participants of a competition to make tang yuan, which was held at the PCTH premises in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling in George Town, Penang.

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